Canada geese squawk from the grass along Lake Washington as a small cadre of swimmers wade into the 43-degree water on a morning in early March.
“Oh, why do we do this?”
“If anyone tells you it gets easier, they’re lying. It sucks every time.”
“Cold is not just a state of mind. It’s cold.”
And that’s what some of the people who like open-water swimming have to say about the sport.
There’s a reason Guila Muir, a certified swim coach and one of this crew, named the swim organization she founded Say Yes to Life Swims. It’s hard for most people to agree to
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